Cooper Nuclear Station – Subsequent License Renewal: NRC subsequent licence renewal review for Nebraska Public Power District — under review. Sourced dates and schedule.
Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
Current state
| Type | Subsequent licence renewal |
| Outcome | Under review |
| Applicant | Nebraska Public Power District |
| Facility | Cooper Nuclear Station (Cooper) |
| Docket | 50-298 |
| Submitted | 2026-05-07 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2026-06-05 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | — |
| Decision | — |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | — |
| Submitted → decision | — |
| NRC-reported review duration | — |
| NRC-reported resources vs estimate | — |
Review time is measured in average months from the date the NRC docketed the application to the decision. The NRC's own reported durations may measure to the final safety evaluation instead.
Notes
Pending. Uses a supplemental EIS (not an EA like Hatch/NMP1/Ginna). NRC decision target: originally 2027-06, latest 2027-06. Schedule: Published schedule: draft SEIS 01/2027, final SEIS 04/2027, safety evaluation 04/2027, decision 06/2027 (12 months from acceptance).
Timeline
- 2026-05-07 — Application submitted. (source)
- 2026-06-05 — Accepted for review. (source)
- 2026-06-10 — FR notice of acceptance; hearing requests due Aug 10, 2026. (source)
- 2026-06-16 — FR notice of intent to prepare supplemental EIS. (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. See the NNN Data License Terms for reuse of the event history.
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Sources
- https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/power-reactor-licensing/cooper-nuclear-station---subsequent-license-renewal-application
- https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-060.pdf
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/21/2026-10151
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11641
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12109
- https://www.nrc.gov/licensing-applications/operating-reactor-licensing/reactor-license-renewal/status-subsequent-license-renewal-applications